Toy pursuit car



i Sept. 14, 1937. L. MARX TOY PURSUIT CAR original Filed oci. `11

@e loa INVENTOR Lows Marx BY i g ATTORNEYS til Reima! sept. 14, `1931VOriginal No. 2,055,848, dated September 29, 1936,

Serial No. 44,484, October 11, 1935. Application for reissue June 29,1937, Serial No.

19 Claims. (Cl. 46-10) This invention relates to toys, and more.particularly to a toy simulating ,a vehicle nthe body of which isprovided with an opening, and a gun projecting through the opening, thefiring of the gun being simulated by the projection of sparks.

In the specific example of my invention here i1- lustrated, the vehicleis an automobile, and the opening through which the gun is red is awindshield opening.

One specific object of my invention is to provide a toy simulating apursuit car such as is used by police, Federal agents or the like.Another specic object is to provide such a toy with a simulated operatorsighting and ring a machine gun from the pursuit car during itsoperation. Still further objects are to enhance the realism of the toyin operation by producing a shower of sparks at the gun and by producinga succession of percussive. sounds, thereby imitating the operation ofthe gun. .Still another object of my invention resides in the provisionof a single driving motor for simultaneously propelling the vehicle andoperating the sparking and noise-making mechanisms of the gun.

A further object ofmy invention is to devise a simpliedand economicalconstruction for the toy. In this connection I may point out that thegun is necessarily small in dimension if kept within reasonabledimensional proportion to the vehicle. This makes it diicult if notimpossible to localize the sparking mechanism directly within the gunbody.A In accordance with my invention the gun body is made small, butis left open at the bottom, and a spark-producing wheel is locatedbeneaththe gun and is substantially concealed by the vehicle body andgun. The flint and friction wheel are so relatively located as to throwa shower of sparks forwardly through the opening in the vehicle body, atthe open bottom of the gun.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and `other objects which willhereinafter appear, my

invention consists in the toy vehicle andgun and sparkproducing elementsand their relation one to the other as are hereinafter more particularlydescribed in the specification and sought to be defined in the claims.The specification is accompanied by a drawing in which:

Fig. .1 is a side elevation of a toyembodying features of my invention;l

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line 2 2 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 3 is anl enlarged section taken in 4the plane of the line 3--3 ofFig. 2; and

Fig. 4 shows the noise-making mechanism in elevation as viewed at theline 4-4 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the to'y of my inven- I tion comprises a'iimulated vehicle preferably in the form of a toy automobile generallydesignated A. Within the automobile there is placed the figure of anoperator O holding and sighting a machine gun G through the openWindshield of the automobile. The firing of the gun is imitated bysparking mechanism generally designated S, the noise-making mechanismgenerally desig- -nated N. The toy is operated by a motor M chassis I2carries a front axle 2li bearing freely rotatablefront wheels 22, and arear axle 24 to which are secured rear or driving wheels 26. The

chassis may be iitted With customary front and rear bumpers andmudguards.

The body I8 is cut away at the sides to form side windows 28 and is alsocut away at the front to form a windshield opening 3D. It may also becut away at the back to form a rear Window opening 32. The operator()holding the gun G may of course be seen'through these Windows.

The operator O and machine gun simulation G are preferably formedintegrally in an inexpensive manner by using two oppositely convexedsheet metal'sides 3l and 36 (Fig. 2) which are fitted together in edgeto edge relation and secured by appropriate connections such as the benttongue connections 38v and the tongue and slot connections 4I) visiblein Fig. 2. The configuration of the sheet metal sides is such that theoperator appears to hold the machine gun in proper position, andthedimension of the assembly is such that when the bottom of the figure isplaced on the floor or chassis plate of the automobile, the barrel ofthe gun G passes through` the windshield opening 30 just above theinwardly flanged lower edge of the windshield opening thereof. 'Iheoperator is secured to the chassis plate by appropriate tongue and slotconnections indicated at l2.

While the sides 34 and 36 are contiguous at their edges around most oithe combined gure, these sides are left straight and open over asubstantial portion of the bottom of the gun. In the specific examplehere illustrated thesides are `closed at the muzzle portion Il, but areopen beginning at the point l0 '(Fig. 3). Beneath and partially housedby the breech portion of the gun is a friction wheel 40 forming part ofthe sparking mechanism. This wheel is mounted/ on a shaft 50 journalledin a special frame 52 which extends downwardly to the bottom of thevehicle, where it is secured by appropriate tongue and slot connections.'Ihe frame 52 is channelshaped and the connecting face 54 thereof ispreferably disposed rearwardly, thus constituting a forward bearing fora longitudinally disposed downwardly sloping shaft 56. The lower end ofshaft 56 is journalled in a bearing lug 50 struck from the side wall 60of a motor frame 62.v 'Ihe rear axle 2l of the vehicle carries a crowngear 64 meshing with a pinion 66 mounted on shaft 56 which in turncarries at its forward end a crown gear 68 meshing with a pinion 10mounted on shaft 50. Rotation of axle 2l thus imparts rotation to thesparking-wheel S, and the gearing is so arranged that the sparking wheelrotates in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in the drawing.

The sparking mechanism is completed by a suitable pyrophoric element 12which for convenience may be referred to as a flint. This element ismounted at the trailing end of a strip of sheet metal 14, the forwardend 1B of which is bent upwardly through a slot 1B at the top of the gunand then bent forwardly and downwardly as indiy cated by the change fromlthe broken line to the.

solid line position in Fig. 3. Holder 14 is received loosely within thegun body and within slot 18. 'I'his permits the same to self-adjustablyrest on the friction wheel with a light gravitational contact which onthe one hand is adequate to produce a shower of sparks, but on the otherhand, does not result in excessive friction or rapid wearing away of theflint. 'Ihe flint and sparking wheel are so relatively positioned thatthe resulting shower of sparks is thrown forwardly and upwardly at theopen bottom portion of the gun, thus tending to throw the sparks intoand through the muzzle of the gun.

It will be understood. however, that any dis-A charge of sparks at orimmediately adjacent the muzzle is sufficient to produce the desiredillusion, for the toy is for the most part viewed from above. I may alsopoint out that the disposition of the sparking wheel here made is afortunate one in that the wheel is corcealed withoutnecessitating aspecial housing therefor because of its disposition immediately behindand below the front part 00 of the automobile body, immediately belowthe windshield opening 20. Although the wall 00 taken together with themachine gun body effectively conceals the sparking mechanism, there i..no obstruction of the desired shower of sparks. Although the flint wearsslowly it may be readily replaced if completely worn out by bending thetip 10 of the flint holder upwardly to the broken line position shown inFig. 3, whereupon the forward end of the holder may be droppeddownwardly through the open bottom portion of the gun and the entireholder drawn forwardly from the gun through the windshield opening.'Ihis represents an important additional advantage of using the openbottom construction for the gun, and it is therefore recommended thatthe open part of the gun be carried forwardly to a point locatedapproximately beneath the slot 18,.

eyelet 84, while the rear end is bent to` form a hammer portion 86 and acam follower portion 88. The latter cooperates with a suitable cammounted on the rear axle 24 of the vehicle. A multiple-toothed cam maybe employed 'if preferred. The movement'of spring 82 is guided by a pairof tongues 92 struck downwardly from the chassis plate on opposite sidesof the spring. When the vehicle is propelled, rotation of the axlecauses a clatter or series of percussive sounds which is realistic inaccompaniment with the sparking at the muzzle of the gun.

The motor M may be of conventional type and probably requires nodetailed description. As here illustrated it comprises a main spring 94.the inner end of which is secured to a square winding stem and the outerend of which is anchored on the motor frame at 58. The end of stem 98may be bent to form a suitable key, or as here illustrated, may beterminated without a key, but projecting from the side of the vehicle toreceive a suitable key, which has been omitted from the drawing. Stem 96carries a main driving gear |00 which is driven through a suitableclutch or ratcheting device |02. Gear |00 meshes with a pinion' |04which in turn rotates a gear |06 meshing with a pinion |08 fixed on therear axle 24 of the vehicle. The motor thus serves to drive the vehicle,the sparking mechanism and the noise-making mechanism. A brake ||0 isprovided to stop the operation of the toy when desired. In the formillustrated, this brake is pivotedy on one of the rear mudguards at ||2,and is bent inwardly to form the brake shoe ||4 movable into engagementwith the rubber tread of one of'the rear wheels 26. The direction ofrotation ofthe wheel is vsuch as to tend to tighten the brake pressureonce the brake has been set. j

It is believed that the mode of constructing and using, as well as themany advantages of my toy` pursuit car, will be apparent from theforegoing detailed description thereof. .The toy is realistic inoperation because the normal operating noise augmented by the specialnoisemaking element combines with the spark ejection at the muzzle ofthe gun to produce an effect Awhich is surprisingly heightened by themobility and movement of the entire to-y during` the simulated firing ofthe gun. The toy is compara.- tively economical to produce because asingle driving motor is used for propelling all of the elements of thetoy. The simulation of the operator and gun is simplified by formingboth in a single unit made up of only two sheet metal sides. and eventhese sides may if desired be made of a single piece of sheet metalfolded at the Iback edge of the figure. 'I'he gun is properlyproportioned to the vehicle, and although this results in necessarilymaking the gun very small in di-` mension, it is nevertheless providedwith a sparking wheel and flint of full size and these parts are sosupported as not to require the use 'of delicate or miniature parts.Despite this fact the sparking mechanism is substantially concealed, andthe flint and i'lint holder are readily l'removable for replacement.

, ferred form, many changes and modifications may be made in thestructure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the inventiondefined in the following claims. In referring'therein to the operator asformed of two sides I do not means to exclude the preferred constructionhere illustrated in which the two sides are folded fr om a single pieceof sheet metal.

1. A toy comprising a wheeled toy automobile the body of which isprovided with a window opening, a simulated machine gun the barrel ofwhich projects through the windowopening, a friction wheel rotatablymounted inside said automobile body beneath and partially housed by thegun, said Wheel being so disposed as to be substantially concealed bythe automobile and machine gun bodies, a iiintv engaging said Wheel,

and means gearing said wheel to the automobile wheels.

2. A toy comprising a wheeled vehicle the body of -which is providedwitha window opening, a simulated machine gun the barrel of which projectsthrough the window opening, a friction Wheel rotatably mounted insidesaid vehicle body beneath and partially housed by the gun, said wheelbeing so disposed as to be substantially concealed by the vehicle andmachine gun bodies, a flint engaging said wheel, noise-making mechaenism including a vibratile noise-making element and a rotatable cam foractuating the same, and a motor geared to the aforesaid friction wheeland cam. a

3. A toy simulating a pursuit car used by police, Federal agents or thelike, said toy comprising a toy automobile, the body of which isprovided with a Win-dow opening, a simulated machine gun the barrel ofwhich projects through the window opening, a friction wheel rotatablylmounted inside said` automobile body beneath and partially housed bythe gun, said wheel being so disposed as to be substantially concealedby the automobile and machine gun bodies, a flint engaging said wheel,noise-making mechanism including a vibratile noise-making element and arotatable cam for actuating the same, and a motor geared to ,the wheelsof the vehicle and to the aforesaid friction wheel and cam.

4. A toy simulating a pursuit car used by police, Federal agents or thelike, said toy comprising a toy automobile, the body of which isprovided with a windshield opening, a simulated machinev gun the barrelof which projects rthrough the windshield opening, said machine gunbeing formed of sheet metal bent to inverted trough shape and open overa substantial part of the bottom thereof, a friction wheel rotatablymounted inside said automobile body beneath and partially housed by theopen portion of the machine gun, said wheel being so disposed as to besubstantially concealed by the parts of the automobile and machine gunbodies, a flint carried by a int holder loosely pivoted through a slotat the top of the machine gun body, said flint holder being so disposedas to throw a shower of sparks forwardly and upwardly along the openbottom portion of the ma.- chine gun, and means to drive the aforesaidvfriction wheel.

5. A toy simulating a pursuit car used by police, Federal agents or thelike, said toy comprising a toy automobile, 'the body of Awhich isprovided.

with a windshield opening, a simulatedmachine gun the barrel of whichprojects through the winds-hield opening, said machine gun being formedof sheet metal bent to inverted trough shape and open over a substantialpart of the bottom thereof, a friction wheel rotatably mounted insidesaid automobile body beneath the open portion of the gun, said wheelbeing so disposed as to be substantially concealedby the parts of theautomobile and machine gun bodies, a flint carried by a int holderloosely pivoted through .4 a slot at the top of the machine gun body,said int holder being so disposed as to throw a shower of sparksforwardly and upwardly along the open bottom portion of the machine gun,noise-making mechanism including a vibratile noise-making element and arotatable cam for actuating the same, and a motor geared to the wheelsof the automobile and to the aforesaid friction wheel and cam.

6. A toy simulating a man holding and sighting v a machine gun, said toycomprising two sheet metall sides oppositely convexed and secured to-.gether by appropriate connections, said sheet metal sides having aconfiguration simulating the man holding the machine gun in properposition, said sides fitting together in edge to edge relation to form aclosed body except beneath the barrel and breech portions of the machinegun Whereat the sides are left open in spaced relation, a friction wheelrotatably mounted at the open breech portion of the machine gun, and aiiint engaging said wheel. l

7. A toy simulating a man holding and sighting a machine gun, said toycomprising two sheet metal sides oppositely convexed and securedtogether, said sheet metal sides having a configuration simulating theman holding the machine gun in proper position, said sides ttingtogether in edge to edge relation to form a closed body except beneaththe barrel andbreech portions of the machine gun whereat the sides areleft open in spaced relation, a friction Wheel rotatably 8. A toycomprising a toy automobile the body -i of which is provided with awindshield opening and window openings, a simulated man holding andsighting a machine gun through the windshield opening, said simulationcomprising two sides oppositely convexed and secured together, i

said sides having a configuration simulating the man holding' themachine gun in proper position, the edges of said sides ntting togetherin edge to edge relation to form a closed body except beneath the barreland breech portions of the machine gun whereat the sides are left openin spaced relation, a friction wheel rotatably mounted in the operibreech portion of the machine gun and concealed thereby and by theautomobile body, a flint engaging said wheel, and means gearing thewheels of the automobile to the aforesaid friction wheel.

9. A'toy simulating a pursuit car used by police, Federal agents or .thelike, said toy comprising a toy automobile, the body of which isprovided with a windshield opening and window openings,v a simulated manholding and sighting a machine gun through the windshield opening, saidsimulation. comprising two sheet metal sides oppositely convexed andsecured together, said sides hav.

ing a configuration simulating the man holding the machine gun in properposition, the edges of said sides fitting together in edge to edgerelation to form a closed body except beneath the barrel and breechportions of the machine gun whereat the sides are left open in spacedrelation, a-

friction wheel rotatably mounted in the open breech portion of themachine gun and concealed thereby and by the automobile body, a fiintengaging said wheel, noise-making mechanism including a vibratilenoise-making element and a rotatable cam for actuating the same, andmeans to drive the aforesaid friction wheel and cam.

10. A toy simulating a pursuit car used by police, Federal agents or thelike, said toy comprising a toy automobile, the body of which isprovided with a windshield opening and window openings, a simulated manholding and. sighting a machine gun through the windshield opening, saidsimulation comprising two sheet metal sides oppositely convexed andsecured together, said sides having a configuration simulating the manholding the machine gun in proper position, the edges of said sidesfitting together in edge to edge relation to form a closed body exceptbeneath the barrel and breech portions of the machine gun whereat thesides are left open in spaced relation, a friction wheel rotatablymounted in the open breech portion of the machine gun andconcealed'thereby. and by the automobile body, a flint engaging saidwheel, noise-making mecha-r nism including a vibratile noise-makingelement and a rotatable cam for actuating the same, and a motor gearedto the wheels of the vehicle and to the aforesaid friction wheel andcam.

1l. A toy simulating a pursuit car used by poy lice, Federal agents orthe like, said toy comprising a toy automobile, the body of which isprovided with a windshield opening and window openings, a simulatedmanvholding and sighting a machine gun through the windshield opening,said simulation comprising two sheet metal sides oppositely convexed andsecured together, said sides having a configuration simulating the manholding the machine gun in proper position, the edges of said sidesfitting together in edge to edge relation to form a closed body exceptbeneath the barrel and breech portions of the machine gun whereat thesides are left open in spaced relation, a friction wheel rotatablymounted in the openbreech portion of the machine gun and concealedthereby and by the automobile body, a iiint fixed at the trailing end ofan elongated sheet metal holder-the forward end of which is bentupwardly through a slot at the top of the machine gun simulation, saidholder being freely movable in said slot and being. removable throughthe open bottom of the gun for replacement, the flint and friction wheelbeing so disposed as to throw a shower of sparks forwardlyat the openbottom portion of the gun simulation, and means to drive the frictionwheel.

12. A toy simulating a pursuit car used by police, Federal agents or thelike, said toy comprising a toy automobile, the body of which isprovided With a windshield opening and window openings, a simulated manholding and sighting a machine gun through the windshield opening, saidsimulation comprising two sheet metal sides oppositely convexed andsecured together, said sides having a configuration simulating the manholding the machine gun in proper position, the edges of said sidesfitting together in edge toedge relation to form a closed body exceptbeneath the barrel and breech portions of the machine gun whereat thesides are left open in spaced relation, a friction wheel rotatablymounted in the open breech portion of the machine gun and concealedthereby and by the automobile body, a. flint fixed at the trailing endof an elongated `sheet metal holder the forward end of which is gearedto the wheels ofthe automobile and to the aforesaid friction wheel andcam.

13. A toycomprising a wheeled vehicle having a body provided with anopening, a simulated gun the barrel of which projects throughtheopening, a friction wheel rotatably mounted inside the body of thevehicle near the opening, said wheel being disposed beneath the gun andbeing partially concealed by the gun and vehicle body, a flint mountedon said gun and so engaging said friction wheel as to throw a shower ofsparks forwardly through the opening and toward the muzzle of the gun,and means gearing said wheel to the vehicle wheels.

1 4. A toy comprising a wheeled vehicle having a body provided with anopening, a small simulated gun the barrel of which projects through theopening, a simulated person riding said vehicle behind said gun, afriction wheel rotatably mounted inside the body of the vehicle near theopening, said wheel being disposed beneath the gun and being partiallyconcealed bythe gun and vehicle body, a flint mounted on the undersideof said gunand so engaging said friction wheel as to throw a shower ofsparks forwardly throughy lbeing partially concealed by the gun andvehicle body,`a flint mounted on said gun and so engaging said frictionwheel as to throw a shower of sparks forwardly through the opening andtoward the muzzle of the gun, noise-making mechanism including avibratile noise-making element and a rotatable cam foractuating thesame, and a motor geared to the wheels of the A vehicle and to thefriction wheel and cam.

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16. A toy vehicle the body of which is 'provided with an opening, asimulated gun the barrel of resting on said wheel, `said flint being sodisposed as to throw a shower of sparks forwardly through the openingand along the open bottom portion of thegun, and a motor geared to thewheels of the vehicle and to the friction wheel. l

17. A vehicle toy comprising `a vehicle body, wheels supporting saidbody, a spring motor housed in said body andgeared to said wheels,

saidl body having an opening; a simulated gun projecting through saidopening, said gun being too small in dimension to itself carry sparkingmechanism, and-'sparking mechanism for said gun including an abrasivewheel of substantial f diameter located beneath the breech end of the.gun and inside the vehicle body near the aforesaid opening, said gunbeing formed of sheet metal open at the breech of the gunvfordisposition over the abrasive wheel, a-'pyrophoric element carried ,bythe gun and resting on the abrasive wheel in such position that a showeroi' sparks is thrown forwardly from the abrasive wheel through theopening and beneath the gun, and means gearing said abrasive wheel tothe aforesaid driving motor and vehicle wheels.

18. A toy comprising a wheeled vehicle having a body, a simulated gunmounted thereon in such position as to be atleast partially exposed out-,side the body of they vehicle and clearly visible on the vehicle, afriction wheel rbtatably mounted in the body of the vehicle, said wheelbeing disposed beneath the gun and b eing partially concealed by the gunand vehicle body, a flint mounted on said gun and so engaging saidfriction wheel as to throw a visibly exposed shower of sparks forwardlyin the same general direction that the gun points, in simulation offiring of the gun,.iand means gearing said wheel to a vehicle wheel.

19. A toy comprising a wheeled vehicle having a body, a small simulatedgun mounted thereon in such position as to be at least partially exposedoutsidethe body of the vehicle and clearly visible on the vehicle. asimulated person riding said vehicle behind said gun and simulatedlyaiming the gun, a friction wheel rotatably mounted in the body of thevehicle, said wheel being disposed-beneath the gun and being partiallyconcealed by the gun and vehicle body, a flint mounted on the under sideof said gun and so engaging said friction wheel as to throw a visiblyexposed shower of sparks forwardly beneath the vgun in the same generaldirection that the gun points, in simulation of firing of the gun, amotor for d riving said vehicle, and means gearing said motor to saidfriction wheel and to a vehicle wheel.

